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jessica schneider is there. what's going on inside? >> well, kate, 29-year-old maria butina who once portrayed herself as a graduate student here in washington, d.c. at american university, now set to enter a guilty plea. that formal entry of the guilty plea not happening just yet, but right now inside the courtroom, the judge is walking her through this process, reminding her that by pleading guilty, she is waiving her rights here. and maria butina said clearly in court, yes, she understands exactly what this process is about, and she's prepared to enter that guilty plea. you know, maria butina stood up in court just a little while ago and did disclose she has signed a plea agreement. we know that she's expected any minute now to formally enter that guilty plea as to this conspiracy charge. what's remarkable here is that in these plea talks, we know that maria butina has in fact been cooperating with prosecutors. these are the same prosecutors who say she was acting at the direction of a former russian bank official, aleksandr torshin
jessica schneider is there. what's going on inside? >> well, kate, 29-year-old maria butina who once portrayed herself as a graduate student here in washington, d.c. at american university, now set to enter a guilty plea. that formal entry of the guilty plea not happening just yet, but right now inside the courtroom, the judge is walking her through this process, reminding her that by pleading guilty, she is waiving her rights here. and maria butina said clearly in court, yes, she...
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reporting of our justice correspondent jessica schneider kicks it off. >> reporter: a flurry of filings related to two men, michael cohen and paul manafort. now, when it comes to michael cohen, prosecutors out of new york are telling the judge cohen should face four to five years because his crimes were motivated by greed. and that also michael cohen deceived voters during the 2016 election when he tried to silence two women who alledgedly had an affair with donald trump in the years before the campaign. then on the flip side, the special counsel is always weighing in, describing a more cooperative michael cohen even though they say he did give false answers during their first meeting. cohen later admitted that he was pursuing the trump tower deal longer than he first disclosed and filling in the president along the way. but the special counsel has said that cohen provided substantial information including about his own contacts about russian interests, and also telling mueller's team about attempts by russian nationals dating back to 2015. and he gave mueller's office useful informatio
reporting of our justice correspondent jessica schneider kicks it off. >> reporter: a flurry of filings related to two men, michael cohen and paul manafort. now, when it comes to michael cohen, prosecutors out of new york are telling the judge cohen should face four to five years because his crimes were motivated by greed. and that also michael cohen deceived voters during the 2016 election when he tried to silence two women who alledgedly had an affair with donald trump in the years...
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cnn's jessica schneider has all the details. >> a swirl of supreme court news, first to justice ruthevealed friday that the 85-year-old underwent surgery to remove two cancerous nodules from her left lung. the friday morning surgery was preplanned since doctors discovered the nodules after justice ginsburg fell in early november and fractured her ribs. so justice ginsburg's surgeons said there was no evidence of cancer post-surgery and no further treatment is planned. justice ginsburg is now resting. justice ginsburg has been very vigilant about cancer screening in the past since her mother died young from cancer, and justice ginsburg had colon cancel surgery in 1991 and diagnosed for pancreatic stages in the early stages in 2009. this latest surgery, it didn't stop justice ginsburg from casting a vote in an order with big repercussions for the trump administration. the supreme court has decided not to step in when it comes to president trump's asylum ban. now, the president issued that ban last month, and it would have blocked migrants from claiming asylum if they didn't go through
cnn's jessica schneider has all the details. >> a swirl of supreme court news, first to justice ruthevealed friday that the 85-year-old underwent surgery to remove two cancerous nodules from her left lung. the friday morning surgery was preplanned since doctors discovered the nodules after justice ginsburg fell in early november and fractured her ribs. so justice ginsburg's surgeons said there was no evidence of cancer post-surgery and no further treatment is planned. justice ginsburg is...
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let's begin with manafort and jessica schneider outside the district court in washington for us. ssi jessica, what are we expecting to learn today? >> well, another day of watching and waiting here in washington. we're expecting at any minute, really, that filing from the special counsel could come down. now, prosecutors have to tell the judge why they believe that paul manafort lied during their plea talks and what exactly he lied about. because remember, it was at the beginning of last week when prosecutors dropped that bombshell, saying they were calling off the cooperation deal with paul manafort because they say he lied about various different subjects at several different meetings. really, the past two weeks we have been left to wonder what exactly did paul manafort lie about. the key question here, we wonder if it will be answered today in the filings, is did paul manafort lie at all about the trump campaign. about then-candidate donald trump, did he lie about possible collusion between the trump campaign and the russians or did paul manafort lie about some of his business
let's begin with manafort and jessica schneider outside the district court in washington for us. ssi jessica, what are we expecting to learn today? >> well, another day of watching and waiting here in washington. we're expecting at any minute, really, that filing from the special counsel could come down. now, prosecutors have to tell the judge why they believe that paul manafort lied during their plea talks and what exactly he lied about. because remember, it was at the beginning of last...
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>> jessica schneider reporting for us. jessica, thank you very, very much.et's bring in our senior justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, the filing yesterday made clear that flynn was a big help to mueller's russia probe, but we didn't learn what exactly flynn gave up. update us. >> well, wolf, one of the things that you can tell from the redactions in this document is the fact that there's ongoing investigations. there's investigations that may not be still in the hands of the special counsel's office. that robert mueller may well have handed off some of these matters to other offices. we have seen him do that in the michael cohen case, for instance, which has been handled by the southern district of new york. prosecutors in manhattan. there is this investigation, we know this began as an investigation, at least this part, with michael flynn's business in turkey. we have never gotten a full answer, for instance, as to what that was about. so i suspect there is more to that that may be hidden behind these redactions. >> mueller says his team met with flyn
>> jessica schneider reporting for us. jessica, thank you very, very much.et's bring in our senior justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, the filing yesterday made clear that flynn was a big help to mueller's russia probe, but we didn't learn what exactly flynn gave up. update us. >> well, wolf, one of the things that you can tell from the redactions in this document is the fact that there's ongoing investigations. there's investigations that may not be still in the hands of the...
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. >> jessica schneider joins us outside the courthouse with more on maria butina's story, how it fits, very important story, and picture. walk us through what happened today, why she completely is changing tunes here. >> she is changing her tune, poppy and jim. we're expecting maria butina to appear inside that courtroom at any minute now. this is the plea hearing. we expect her to change her plea to guilty, pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy. it's been several months of this tantalizing tale, really, 29-year-old maria butina came to this country, came to washington, d.c., portraying herself as this graduate student at american university here in d.c., who had started a gun rights group in russia, but prosecutors say it was actually a much different story. they say she was acting under the direction of a former russian bank official, aleksandr torshin. she was working with him to infiltrate political groups like the national rifle association. just recently, she's changed her plea, agreed to plead guilty. we're expecting that at any minute. what's interesting is she's been coo
. >> jessica schneider joins us outside the courthouse with more on maria butina's story, how it fits, very important story, and picture. walk us through what happened today, why she completely is changing tunes here. >> she is changing her tune, poppy and jim. we're expecting maria butina to appear inside that courtroom at any minute now. this is the plea hearing. we expect her to change her plea to guilty, pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy. it's been several months of...
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cnn's jessica schneider joins me now. jessica, it is hard to see how the southern district of new york implicating the president in the commission of two felonies clears him in any sense of the words. >> jake, this filing far from clears the president, and, in fact, this criminal allegation out of new york seems to have given the green light to key members of congress to also look into whether the president's alleged involvement in campaign finance violations, whether it's also an impeachable offense. for the first time, prosecutors are implicating the president in a crime, accusing then candidate donald trump of directing illegal campaign contributions to silence two women who claimed affairs with trump, all in an effort to influence the 2016 election. prosecutors in new york telling the judge, as cohen himself has now admitted with respect to both payments, he acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual one. >> the next president of the united states -- >> individual one referring to president trump, th
cnn's jessica schneider joins me now. jessica, it is hard to see how the southern district of new york implicating the president in the commission of two felonies clears him in any sense of the words. >> jake, this filing far from clears the president, and, in fact, this criminal allegation out of new york seems to have given the green light to key members of congress to also look into whether the president's alleged involvement in campaign finance violations, whether it's also an...
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cnn's jessica schneider joins me now. jessica, prosecutors delayed the sentencing for flynn four different times, but now post mid terms, mueller has apparently gotten what he needs from flynn and is set to reveal what he told him and whether he thinks flynn should go to jail. and if so, for how long. >> yeah, and that filing could come at any minute, jake. and it's notable that mueller delayed sentencing four times over the past year, meaning he kept getting more and more from flynn. and then in september, prosecutors asked the judge to keep a tight schedule on the filings. that was a move that ensured that nothing would be revealed leading up to the midterm election. so that leads to the question, what kind of political fire could this filing that's coming down at any moment contain? >> the year-long silence surrounding michael flynn and his cooperation with the special counsel could finally be broken today. >> yes, that's right. lock her up! >> reporter: the president's short-lived national security adviser was front an
cnn's jessica schneider joins me now. jessica, prosecutors delayed the sentencing for flynn four different times, but now post mid terms, mueller has apparently gotten what he needs from flynn and is set to reveal what he told him and whether he thinks flynn should go to jail. and if so, for how long. >> yeah, and that filing could come at any minute, jake. and it's notable that mueller delayed sentencing four times over the past year, meaning he kept getting more and more from flynn. and...
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cnn's jessica schneider joins me now. jessica, i have to say, it sure sounded as though judge sullivan was going to send flynn to the clink for at least some period of time. >> it did, jake. the judge stressed that prison time was not off the table, even though that's what flynn's lawyers and mueller's team essentially agreed to in their sentencing memos. this was really a hearing that went off the rails for flynn's team with that rough rhetoric coming from the judge who will ultimately sentence flynn sometime next year. michael flynn's sentencing is on hold after a dramatic two-hour rebuke from the judge. federal judge emmett sullivan scolding president trump's former national security adviser, telling flynn, i am not hiding my disgust, my disdain for your criminal offense. >> the next president of the united states, right here! >> at one point, the judge noted that flynn was lobbying for the turkish government at the same time he was working for the trump campaign. flynn even wrote an op-ed on election day, attacking a c
cnn's jessica schneider joins me now. jessica, i have to say, it sure sounded as though judge sullivan was going to send flynn to the clink for at least some period of time. >> it did, jake. the judge stressed that prison time was not off the table, even though that's what flynn's lawyers and mueller's team essentially agreed to in their sentencing memos. this was really a hearing that went off the rails for flynn's team with that rough rhetoric coming from the judge who will ultimately...
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cnn's justice correspondent jessica schneider has that. >> reporter: a swirl of supreme court news.justice ruth bader ginsburg. the 85-year-old underwent surgery to remove two cancerous nodules from her left lung. now, the friday morning surgery was pre-planned since doctors discovered the nodules after justice ginsburg fell in early november and fractured her ribs. so her surgeons said there was no evidence of cancer post-surgery and no further treatment is planned. justice ginsburg is now resting. and justice ginsburg has been very vigilant about cancer screening in the past since her mother died young from cancer and ginsburg herself had colon surgery in 1999 and treated for pancreatic canner back in 2009. but this latest surgery did not stop her from casting a vote in an order with big repercussions for the trump administration. so the supreme court has decided not to step in when it comes to president trump's he e's as sy. it would have blocked migrants from claiming asylum if they crossed illegally, but almost immediately that ban was blocked by lower courts. so the government
cnn's justice correspondent jessica schneider has that. >> reporter: a swirl of supreme court news.justice ruth bader ginsburg. the 85-year-old underwent surgery to remove two cancerous nodules from her left lung. now, the friday morning surgery was pre-planned since doctors discovered the nodules after justice ginsburg fell in early november and fractured her ribs. so her surgeons said there was no evidence of cancer post-surgery and no further treatment is planned. justice ginsburg is...
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i want to go to our justice correspondent jessica schneider.us more about today's hearing and what it all means for manafort and the russia au probe. >> well, wolf, the judge here wants more information, but she likely won't get it until at least late january. that's because paul manafort's team are now negotiating with mueller's team about how they'll proceed and whether or not manafort's lawyers will challenge the special counsel and its allegations that manafort lied in interviews when he was supposed to be cooperating. tonight paul manafort's legal team wants to keep the details of his lies out of public view for now. manafort's attorneys told a judge they have not decided whether they will challenge the government's assertions and will continue to confer with mueller's team about what specific lies are being alleged and what the consequences might be for manafort. prosecutors have already called off the cooperation deal and could potentially add more charges, given manafort's alleged breach. the request from manafort's team to hold off on
i want to go to our justice correspondent jessica schneider.us more about today's hearing and what it all means for manafort and the russia au probe. >> well, wolf, the judge here wants more information, but she likely won't get it until at least late january. that's because paul manafort's team are now negotiating with mueller's team about how they'll proceed and whether or not manafort's lawyers will challenge the special counsel and its allegations that manafort lied in interviews when...
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let's bring in cnn's jessica schneider.enied having any dealings with russia during the campaign. and there is nothing improper about this deal. about the trump tower moscow. why did the president and his associates keep lying about it? >> that's the big question, jake. why the changing stories about russia? if there is nothing to hide? and why does rudy guiliani keep changing his version of events? after this signed letter of intent from the president was revealed last night, guiliani is now backtracking on his statement, where he said it wasn't signed to now saying it's no big deal. the lengthy letter of intent is dated october 28th, 2015, four months after donald trump announced his bid for the presidency. it bears trump's signature script, and while the letter was nonbinding, it detailed how any eventual trump tower in the heart of moscow would have handed the trump organization a $4 million up-front fee, a percentage of the sales, and control over marketing and design. the deal also included an opportunity to name the
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. >>> first, let's go to our justice correspondent jessica schneider. ssica, it was a jaw-dropping hearing and it ended with a cliffhanger. >> a cliffhanger indeed, wolf. no sentencing agency we expected. instead, it was nearly two hours of tough talk from the federal judge who stressed prison time was not off the table, even though that's what flynn's lawyers and mueller's team essentially agreed to in their sentencing memos. it was a hearing that really went off the rails for flynn's team, and now they have to wait to find out exactly what flynn's fate will be. >> lock her up! >> reporter: tonight michael flynn's sentencing is on hold after a dramatic two-hour rebuke from the judge who hinted flynn could end up getting prison time for lying to the fbi. federal judge emmet sullivan scolding president trump's former national security adviser, telling flynn, i am not hiding my disgust, my disdain for your criminal offense. the judge even raised the question of treason, asking the special counsel's team twice if flynn's conduct rises to the level of treaso
. >>> first, let's go to our justice correspondent jessica schneider. ssica, it was a jaw-dropping hearing and it ended with a cliffhanger. >> a cliffhanger indeed, wolf. no sentencing agency we expected. instead, it was nearly two hours of tough talk from the federal judge who stressed prison time was not off the table, even though that's what flynn's lawyers and mueller's team essentially agreed to in their sentencing memos. it was a hearing that really went off the rails for...
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let's bring in our justice correspondent jessica schneider. ssica, michael flynn's role in the russia probe is moving back into the spotlight tonight. >> yeah, wolf, and we're finally set to get a glimpse inside this year-long cooperation between michael flynn and the special counsel. now, flynn may have a lot to reveal since he was by the president's side throughout the campaign and in the early days of the administration while at the same time we know that michael flynn was communicating with a former russian ambassador and later lying about it to the vice president. tonight the year-long silence surrounding michael flynn and his cooperation with the special counsel could finally be broken. >> yes, that's right. lock her up! >> the president's short-lived national security adviser was front and center throughout the 2016 campaign. >> the next president of the united states right here. >> and has been talking to mueller's investigators since he pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators last december. now with flynn sentencing scheduled
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reporter jessica schneider has more on her comments.nce thomas"a supreme court spouse for decades.virginia thomas, better known as ginni, is well-known for speaking out among conservative circles. natsot/ginni thomas at tea party / freedom works rally: "the second reagan revolution is growing! /cheers/"but it's her recent rapid succession of facebook posts, blasting democrats and promoting highly- partisan views that are prompting pushback.earlier this month, thomas put up this meme asking "where is the wall?", portraying california as a war zone, where undocumented immigrants attack and carjack americans.she re-posted this claim of democratic voter fraud after the mid-terms with no proof. she has even derided republicans for not going after the left, whom she has labeling as liberal fascists, one week after a neo-nazi killed a woman in charlottesville.one user responded to a recent post: you're literally married to a sitting supreme court justice and you put out this partisan propaganda. you tarnish the people's faith in the court. and
reporter jessica schneider has more on her comments.nce thomas"a supreme court spouse for decades.virginia thomas, better known as ginni, is well-known for speaking out among conservative circles. natsot/ginni thomas at tea party / freedom works rally: "the second reagan revolution is growing! /cheers/"but it's her recent rapid succession of facebook posts, blasting democrats and promoting highly- partisan views that are prompting pushback.earlier this month, thomas put up this...
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let's go to jessica schneider. getting back to michael flynn, bring us up to speed how he got here. >> reporter: michael flynn has been silent since the year he pleaded bui pleaded guilty but he has been talking to the special prosecutor. this was the scene in december 2015 when flynn, who was working in his private capacity, he spoke critically about the obama administration at an event run by r.t., that's russia's state-run broadcaster. flynn sat right now to vladimir putin at that dinner and he was paid $30,000 by r.t., though flynn said he was paid by a speakers bureau and not russia. fast forward one year to december 2016. that's when flynn was named national security adviser. during the transition he talked multiple times with sergei kislyak on several issues, including sanctions relief for russia. vice president mike pence just a few weeks later, he deniies flyn and kislyak ever discussed sanctions. that's what prompted acting attorney general sally yates to warn the president that flynn could be compromised
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we have jessica schneider here to break it all down. >> despite the constant cries of witch hunt, theyveral high profile guilty pleas and convictions and that year long cooperation from michael flynn. let's take a look at it by the numbers. so far as of this point, three people have been sentenced to prison terms ranging in length from two weeks to six months. these were the three. george papadopoulos is the former campaign adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and is in the midst of his 14-day sentence. he reported last monday. paul manafort was convict and is the president's former campaign chairman in august before pleading guilty later in d.c. overall in this investigation, 36 people and entities have been charged, that includes russians connecting to hacking and interfering in the election. all of this all taken together resulting in 192 overall criminal counts. let's look at the seven people who have pleaded guilty here. you have michael cohen of course who will be sentenced on november 12th in his latest submission. he is asking the judge for no jail time. he is promisi
we have jessica schneider here to break it all down. >> despite the constant cries of witch hunt, theyveral high profile guilty pleas and convictions and that year long cooperation from michael flynn. let's take a look at it by the numbers. so far as of this point, three people have been sentenced to prison terms ranging in length from two weeks to six months. these were the three. george papadopoulos is the former campaign adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and is in the...
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jessica schneider is standing by with more.cided. >> the supreme court effectively handing planned parenthood a victory in this case. really keeping in place two lower courts' opinions saying states cannot terminate medicaid funding for any planned parenthood affiliates that provide preventative care for low-income women. definitely a win for planned parenthood. this wasn't your typical opinion. this was the supreme court saying that they're not going to be taking up this case. instead, leaving in place the two lower court opinions that said that states violate federal law when they terminate this medicaid funding. what's interesting here is in order for a case to be granted, which it was not here, four justices have to agree to take up the case. instead, five justices today decided not to take up this case. why is that significant? well, it shows that justices john roberts and new justice brett kavanaugh sided with the liberals in this case, deciding not to take up this case. and the three conservative justices, the solidly co
jessica schneider is standing by with more.cided. >> the supreme court effectively handing planned parenthood a victory in this case. really keeping in place two lower courts' opinions saying states cannot terminate medicaid funding for any planned parenthood affiliates that provide preventative care for low-income women. definitely a win for planned parenthood. this wasn't your typical opinion. this was the supreme court saying that they're not going to be taking up this case. instead,...
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jessica schneider joins us from outside the white house in washington, d.c. what are we hearing? >> reporter: a guilty plea and a remarkable portrayal about how maria butina tried to infiltrate organizations at the behest of russian officials. they laid it all out saying this kicked off in 2015 when maria butina drafted a proposal and in that proposal she detailed how she would be a conduit between the russian government and important u.s. political figures. they say at one point, alexander tortian, a bank official gave her $125,000 to attend important political conferences including those led by the national rifle association and said how she worked with a u.s. citizen to organize a friendship dinner where important figures would be there and they would discuss russian-american policy and said as recently as 2017, maria butina went to the national prayer breakfast and said the people there and she put it this way said they were coming to establish a back channel of communication. a remarkable portrayal about how maria butina operated. she said she was here in washington, d.c. so
jessica schneider joins us from outside the white house in washington, d.c. what are we hearing? >> reporter: a guilty plea and a remarkable portrayal about how maria butina tried to infiltrate organizations at the behest of russian officials. they laid it all out saying this kicked off in 2015 when maria butina drafted a proposal and in that proposal she detailed how she would be a conduit between the russian government and important u.s. political figures. they say at one point,...
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jessica schneider has more. >> reporter: it was a remarkable rebuke from the federal judge who was supposed to sentence michael flynn. the judge in this two-hour hearing, he twice raised the prospect of treason. he asked if flynn's conduct rose to the level of treasonous activity at which point prosecutors responded that they never considered charging flynn with treason. the judge focused his real frustration and confusion on the circumstances surrounding flynn's guilty plea, asking why flynn's lawyers accuse the fbi of tricking flynn when they were questioning him. that, of course, the claim in the sentencing memo testimony seemed to backfire since the judge was so hung up on it. flynn eventually acknowledged that he did know that lying to the fbi was wrong, and his lawyer said the fbi did not entrap flynn. but still at that point, the stage was set. after the judge asked flynn multiple times if he was sure he wanted to proceed to sentencing and suggested that flynn wait until he's cooperated a bit more with the special counsel, flynn's team officially asked for that delay. so the question
jessica schneider has more. >> reporter: it was a remarkable rebuke from the federal judge who was supposed to sentence michael flynn. the judge in this two-hour hearing, he twice raised the prospect of treason. he asked if flynn's conduct rose to the level of treasonous activity at which point prosecutors responded that they never considered charging flynn with treason. the judge focused his real frustration and confusion on the circumstances surrounding flynn's guilty plea, asking why...
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. >> jessica schneider joins us with the details. mueller has said that flynn provides his office with substantial assistance. does that mean it could mean no ja jail time? >> it could. the court filings revealed that flynn did meet 19 times with mueller's team and other justice department lawyers. flynn's lawyers are pointing to the extensive cooperation as really the big reason for no prison time here. they are also suggesting that michael flynn may have been tricked into lying to the fbi. in the filing flynn's team detailed how they met with fbi agents inside the white house. >> hold that thought. sorry to interrupt. we are looking at michael cohen here, the president's former personal attorney for years and years. he is arriving at a federal courthouse. you are looking at live pictures. the day in the case will hand down the sentence to michael cohen for lying to congress, for tax evasion, for fraud, for campaign finance violations. you see him walking in there with his family, could face up to a little over five years in prison.
. >> jessica schneider joins us with the details. mueller has said that flynn provides his office with substantial assistance. does that mean it could mean no ja jail time? >> it could. the court filings revealed that flynn did meet 19 times with mueller's team and other justice department lawyers. flynn's lawyers are pointing to the extensive cooperation as really the big reason for no prison time here. they are also suggesting that michael flynn may have been tricked into lying to...
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our justice correspondent jessica schneider joins us. she tried to influence republicans. >> she wrote out an entire proposal and somehow she coordinated her proposals with a russian official alexander torshin and now she's aid greed to turn over any evidence of a crime she's aware of and will sit down with law enforcement to tell them what she might know about russia's interference efforts. tonight alleged russian spy mara butina admits she conspired to act as an illegal foreign agent saying she was under the director of russian alexander torshin. >> she was satisfied with her lawyers who made the decision voluntarily. >> the 30-year-old once pore frayed herself as simply a graduate student in weese who had founded a gun rights group in russia. >> my store sell simple. my father is a hunter. i was born in siberia. >> reporter: prosecutors say butina's conspiracy kicked off in 2015 when she drafted a proposal for torshin and others entitled the description of the diplomacy project, the plot to infiltrate the republican party, specificall
our justice correspondent jessica schneider joins us. she tried to influence republicans. >> she wrote out an entire proposal and somehow she coordinated her proposals with a russian official alexander torshin and now she's aid greed to turn over any evidence of a crime she's aware of and will sit down with law enforcement to tell them what she might know about russia's interference efforts. tonight alleged russian spy mara butina admits she conspired to act as an illegal foreign agent...
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jessica schneider is watching and waiting, and waiting, and waiting for the details. what will this court filing likely tell us? >> we have heard nothing from michael flynn since he pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators one year ago. that was december 1st, 2017. since flynn's sentencing is finally coming up on december 18th, that means that mueller's team will be filing a brief today, and it's expected to detail flynn's year-long cooperation, and it also could reveal what flynn told investigators about any dealings between the trump campaign and the russians. remember, michael flynn was at the forefront of the trump campaign, front and center at trump campaign rallies. he often was the one leading the chant "lock her up" in reference to hillary clinton. now, michael flynn faces jail time, up to five years behind bars. the likelihood is he'll get zero to six months because of his extensive cooperation. it's even possible if he assists the special counsel enough, they could ask the judge to give no prison time at all, just probation. flynn could have been cru
jessica schneider is watching and waiting, and waiting, and waiting for the details. what will this court filing likely tell us? >> we have heard nothing from michael flynn since he pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators one year ago. that was december 1st, 2017. since flynn's sentencing is finally coming up on december 18th, that means that mueller's team will be filing a brief today, and it's expected to detail flynn's year-long cooperation, and it also could reveal what flynn...
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jessica schneider has the details. >> we know the acting attorney general, his he has consulting withals at the doj ever since he was appointed in november. they're telling him he does not need to recuse himself from overseeing the special counsel's russia investigation. now, whitaker has been in these ongoing talks, and it is expected that whitaker will inform senators later today that the ethics team has cleared him to oversee the special counsel. there's been a lot of question about whitaker's ability to oversee this probe since before he went to the justice department, he repeatedly criticized the investigation, and he talked about the ways that any replacement to former attorney general jeff sessions might be able to effectively shut down the russia probe by cutting off the funding. so pam, for now, whitaker will continue overseeing it. of course, though, rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, does manage really it day to day of all this. >> you also have some new information, jessica, on this newly surfaced memo written by president trump's pick for attorney general willia
jessica schneider has the details. >> we know the acting attorney general, his he has consulting withals at the doj ever since he was appointed in november. they're telling him he does not need to recuse himself from overseeing the special counsel's russia investigation. now, whitaker has been in these ongoing talks, and it is expected that whitaker will inform senators later today that the ethics team has cleared him to oversee the special counsel. there's been a lot of question about...
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jessica schneider is at the d.c. federal courthouse where some time today we'll get this report. stion here is how much is allowed to go public. you had those redactions in the michael flynn filing earlier this week. with this, do we expect the same, or is this something where we expect all the details to be okayed for public release? >> jim, some of that is the question, but mueller's team has recently said that at least some of this filing will be public. we just don't know how much. so of course, it's jet another day of waiting here in washington for that filing to drop. the special counsel's office must tell the judge how they believed paul manafort lied to them during their plea talks and what exactly he lied about. because remember, it was at the beginning of last week when the special counsel's team revealed they had called off all cooperation with paul manafort, saying he had lied on a variety of subjects in several different meeting. the big question that we have been left wondering the past two weeks is what exactly did paul manafort lie about? the key question that coul
jessica schneider is at the d.c. federal courthouse where some time today we'll get this report. stion here is how much is allowed to go public. you had those redactions in the michael flynn filing earlier this week. with this, do we expect the same, or is this something where we expect all the details to be okayed for public release? >> jim, some of that is the question, but mueller's team has recently said that at least some of this filing will be public. we just don't know how much. so...
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let's go over to cnn's justice correspondent jessica schneider with all the details.urt do today? >> all this means that planned parenthood, their affiliates will keep their medicaid funding and states cannot terminate contracts between medicaid and the planned parenthood offices that provide that preventative care for low-income women. really, what's important to note here is that the supreme court, they didn't directly rule. instead, they actually decided not to hear this case. that's what kept the lower court ruling in place. and that decision not to take this case, it actually gives us some interesting insight into the supreme court itself about how these justices are moving forward now with justice brett kavanaugh on the court here. so both justice kavanaugh and job r john roberts sided with the liberals in deciding not to take the case. on the flipside, the court's three solidly conservative justices, they issued a dissent saying the supreme court should have taken up the case. what's interesting is this really shows how chief justice roberts, also junior justic
let's go over to cnn's justice correspondent jessica schneider with all the details.urt do today? >> all this means that planned parenthood, their affiliates will keep their medicaid funding and states cannot terminate contracts between medicaid and the planned parenthood offices that provide that preventative care for low-income women. really, what's important to note here is that the supreme court, they didn't directly rule. instead, they actually decided not to hear this case. that's...
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"outfront" now, jessica schneider. ng the butina case from the beginning and jessica, look, the denials again and again and again, and yet here we are, a guilty plea. it was a stunning appearance. >> reporter: it really was, erin, and we learned some of the details of those years of deception. really, this was a sustained effort by maria butina at the direction of former russian bank official alexander torsion. prosecutors say really the conspiracy kicked off in march 2015. that's when butina drafted this whole proposal about how she would be the unofficial conduit between russia and the u.s. and how specifically she would try to infiltrate the republican party because she wanted to do it through the national rifle association, which she viewed as having that influence over the gop. now, to do all this, prosecutors say butina proposed getting $125,000 from torsion, who's a russian billionaire and then finally, when she kicked her plan into gear, she did a lot, erin. she invited nra members to go to moscow, where they me
"outfront" now, jessica schneider. ng the butina case from the beginning and jessica, look, the denials again and again and again, and yet here we are, a guilty plea. it was a stunning appearance. >> reporter: it really was, erin, and we learned some of the details of those years of deception. really, this was a sustained effort by maria butina at the direction of former russian bank official alexander torsion. prosecutors say really the conspiracy kicked off in march 2015....
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we have cnn justice correspondent, jessica schneider, joining us now. was manafort compromised?t's the question. he was certainly vulnerable to it. >> right. and that's probably the key question here that mueller's team is now investigating, especially because of all the timing in this, brianna. it raises serious questions about how much leverage the russians may have had over paul manafort. at the same time that he was running donald trump's campaign in the summer of 2016. so "time" magazine reports that manafort was in touch with former russian intelligence officer victor boyarkin at the height of the presidential campaign. he was trying to collect on the reported $19 million that manafort owed russian billionaire oleg deripaska. he was sanctioned earlier this year by the u.s. so this is what boyarkin told "time" magazine. he said, he owed us a lot of money, meaning manafort, and he was offering ways to pay it back. i came down on him hard. now, one of the ways that manafort reportedly offered to pay up, "time" magazine says manafort offered deripaska through another middleman
we have cnn justice correspondent, jessica schneider, joining us now. was manafort compromised?t's the question. he was certainly vulnerable to it. >> right. and that's probably the key question here that mueller's team is now investigating, especially because of all the timing in this, brianna. it raises serious questions about how much leverage the russians may have had over paul manafort. at the same time that he was running donald trump's campaign in the summer of 2016. so...
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let's bring in our justice correspondent jessica schneider.ell us first of all about today's ruling on immigration. seems like a serious blow to the president. >> it really is, wolf. you know, the president has blasted the lower courts that initially blocked his asylum ban from going into effect, and now the supreme court refused to step in to unblock the ban. it was a ban ordered by the president back in november. it would bar migrants who cross into the u.s. illegally from seeking asylum. when the ninth circuit upheld a lower court blocking the ban from going into effect, that's when the president lashed out, calling the judge in the california court an obama judge. well, that triggered a rare public rebuke from the chief justice, john roberts. he said this in a statement at the time. he said, we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges. what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. that independent judiciary is something we s
let's bring in our justice correspondent jessica schneider.ell us first of all about today's ruling on immigration. seems like a serious blow to the president. >> it really is, wolf. you know, the president has blasted the lower courts that initially blocked his asylum ban from going into effect, and now the supreme court refused to step in to unblock the ban. it was a ban ordered by the president back in november. it would bar migrants who cross into the u.s. illegally from seeking...
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. >> jessica schneider, thanks so much. >>> trump says we've defeated isis one minute and next he says other countries will need to fight isis instead of the united states. so which is it? the general who helped lead fight against isis joins me next. stay with us. ♪ ignition sequence starts. 10... 9... guidance is internal. 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... ♪ what's critical thinking like? a basketball costs $14. what's team spirit worth? (cheers) what's it worth to talk to your mom? what's the value of a walk in the woods? the value of capital is to create, not just wealth, but things that matter. morgan stanley hey uh, quick question. do you like paying for things you don't need? no. and do you want to get things you love for free? who wouldn't? exactly! right. dad, apple music. he gets it. this guy gets it. (vo) get six months free apple music, on the network you deserve. so many interesting details. ancestrydna was able to tell me where my father's family came from in columbia. they pinpointed the columbian and ecuador region and then there's a whole new andean region. that was incredi
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jessica shnig iica schneider isd i want to begin with you, jess. what are we expected to learn about the manafort filings today? >> we could learn about how paul manafort lied. what he lied about and most crucially, whether or not paul manafort lied about the trump campaign and the president himself or even any collusion between the trump campaign and russia. if that's what the lives are about, we may learn and we may not. if that's what the lies were about, that sends more shock waives through washington and rock the special counsel's case. mueller's team told us they expect part of this filing to be public. we are not sure which points will be made public and on the flip side, which will be redacted. it's about two weeks ago. the beginning of last week when they dropped this bombshell and calling off the cooperation deal and they said he lied about various subjects during a number of meetings that paul manafort had with the special counsel's office. you will remember they have been working with the special have two counts. one of conspiracy and o
jessica shnig iica schneider isd i want to begin with you, jess. what are we expected to learn about the manafort filings today? >> we could learn about how paul manafort lied. what he lied about and most crucially, whether or not paul manafort lied about the trump campaign and the president himself or even any collusion between the trump campaign and russia. if that's what the lives are about, we may learn and we may not. if that's what the lies were about, that sends more shock waives...